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Open source money, budgeting & management

Money management and budgeting software. Repoly tracks 43 open-source money, budgeting tools, each scored nightly from its repository activity and ranked by that score alone. HyperSwitch leads at 99/100 with 630 commits in the last 90 days and 46k stars, followed by Actual (98) and Firefly III (98). 32 of the 43 score 70 or above, 29 publish a Docker image, and the median health is 88. MIT is the most common licence, carried by 14 of them. Between them they stand in for QuickBooks, FreshBooks, Stripe Billing, Chargebee and Mint. The score weighs commits in the last 90 days, release recency, stars, archive status and Docker support; a low number means low measurable activity, not low quality, so a finished, stable tool can legitimately sit lower down.

updated Oct 2026 43 tools ★ 214k stars 29 with Docker median 88

Best for…

  • Most starred

    HyperSwitch

    45,567 stars on GitHub, the largest community in the category.

  • Most active

    Firefly III

    933 commits in the last 90 days, the fastest-moving codebase here.

  • Most permissive

    Actual

    MIT licence with health 98/100: the strongest option if you need to embed or fork commercially.

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How the budgeting tools compare

HyperSwitch edges Actual 99 to 98. HyperSwitch also has the largest following, at 46k stars.

The most recent release is Invoice Ninja v5.13.51, published today. Kresus and Fava publish no tagged releases, which costs up to 25 of the 100 points. None of the measured options scores under 40. By stack, PHP (12), Nodejs (7) and Python (6) are the most common. HyperSwitch, Actual, ezbookkeeping and 16 more are permissively licensed; Firefly III, Ghostfolio, Lago and 16 more are copyleft. Invoice Ninja, monetr, Akaunting and 2 more are source-available rather than open source, which limits commercial reuse. Pancake is not hosted on a forge Repoly can read, so it has no measured score yet.

Money, Budgeting & Management: common questions

What is the best open source budgeting tool?

By Repoly's GitHub health score, HyperSwitch at 99/100 (630 commits in 90 days, v1.128.0 from 14 days ago). Actual is next at 98. The score measures maintenance, not features, so shortlist the top few and try them.

Which budgeting tools are the most actively developed?

Firefly III (933 commits in 90 days), Sure (800 commits in 90 days) and Ghostfolio (649 commits in 90 days). Commit activity is 35 of the 100 health points, the largest single term.

Which budgeting tools can I run in Docker?

29 of 43 publish a Docker image or Compose file, led by HyperSwitch, Actual, Firefly III, Ghostfolio, Invoice Ninja and 24 more.

Which budgeting tools have a permissive licence?

19 of 43: HyperSwitch (Apache-2.0), Actual (MIT), ezbookkeeping (MIT), Kill Bill (Apache-2.0), FOSSBilling (Apache-2.0) and 14 more. 19 are copyleft.

Which paid products can open source budgeting tools replace?

QuickBooks (Invoice Ninja ranks highest here), FreshBooks (Invoice Ninja ranks highest here), Stripe Billing (Invoice Ninja ranks highest here), Chargebee (Invoice Ninja ranks highest here) and Mint (Actual ranks highest here).

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